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 May 9, 2011 4:40pm by Steve | Myth Buster |
Today I did a little research into why some gas stations charge for compressed air to fill up your car tires and others do not. I found a couple of articles highlighting the fact that California has a State law that requires gas stations to provide free compressed air for customers. The point of [...]
 September 3, 2009 10:03am by Steve | Myth Buster |
Finally the truth starts to emerge. The masses are easily scared and difficult to nudge off their trajectory of mis-belief. Here’s one person who woke up and decided to share the tale with her audience.
From SparkPeople.com…
If you had asked me five years ago if I thought there was something unique about high [...]
 July 22, 2009 5:57pm by Steve | Myth Buster |
Generating delicious greenhouse gases
It depends, but in the most relevant case the answer is a resounding NO. The first question you should ask yourself is this, “how do I define ‘better’?” By “better” most people tend to put energy consumption at the top of the list. I mean, why buy tomatoes from [...]
 June 3, 2008 3:06pm by Steve | Myth Buster |
I was just reading the book “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell. It is quite interesting in that it examines the human ability to make [relatively] accurate snap judgements with only a tiny “thin slice” of information. Our subconscious mind picks up on related bits of information and assists the conscious mind in making a decision [...]
 November 1, 2007 11:11am by Steve | Myth Buster |
Be careful what you accept as truth!
In typical web-surfing fashion, I stumbled upon something interesting today. I have recently acquired a cast metal puzzle called “NEWS” by Hanayama.
Although it is rated as one of their toughest puzzles, I was able to solve it last night in just a few [...]
 February 12, 2007 1:02pm by Steve | Myth Buster |
It is currently very fashionable to shun television. I constantly hear or read about people bragging that their family has been without a television for X months or years. We are supposed to be impressed by this. We are supposed to think, “How bold of them! How can they live without a television? Maybe [...]
 May 26, 2006 1:05pm by Steve | Myth Buster |
I’m allergic to dogs and cats. I’ve had a lot of people tell me that I can have a dog if I find a species that has “hair” instead of “fur”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that. It’s a myth.
“Hair” and “fur” are the same thing. A defining characteristic [...]
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